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9780807741689

Educating Moral People : A Caring Alternative to Character Education

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  • ISBN13:

    9780807741689

  • ISBN10:

    080774168X

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-01-01
  • Publisher: Teachers College Pr

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Summary

In this collection of essential essays, Nel Noddings examines alternatives to prevailing models of character education#x14;a sympathetic approach based on an ethic of care. Covering both stories in the classroom and controversial issues in education, Noddings describes the similarities and differences between character education and care ethics...examines how moral education might be infused throughout the curriculum...and calls for greater cooperation across fields and more attention to the practical problems of everyday teaching.

Author Biography

Nel Noddings is Lee L. Jacks Professor of Child Education Emerita, Stanford University and Professor of Philosophy and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi
Introduction xiii
Care Ethics and Character Education
1(12)
PART I: Moral Education from the Care Perspective
Care and Moral Education
13(12)
Learning to Care and to Be Cared For
25(14)
Care and Critical Thinking
39(12)
The Care Tradition: Past, Present, Future
51(10)
PART II: Philosophical and Historical Issues
Character Education and Community
61(12)
Thoughts on Dewey's ``Ethical Principles Underlying Education''
73(12)
Two Concepts of Caring
85(8)
PART III: Curriculum and Moral Education
A Morally Defensible Mission for Schools in the 21st Century
93(9)
Educating Moral People
102(16)
Conversation as Moral Education
118(13)
Stories and Conversation in Schools
131(17)
Looking Back, Looking Ahead
148(7)
References 155(10)
Index 165(6)
About the Author 171

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